Horse-brushing machine



(No Model.)

0. ALEXANDERSON.

HORSE BRUsHING MACHINE. No. 394,902. Patented Dec. 18, 1888..

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CLAUS ALEXANDERSON, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HORSE-BRUSHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,902, dated December18, 1888.

Application filed June 25, 1888. Serial No. 278,134. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLAUS ALEXANDERSON, of San Francisco, in the countyof San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Horse-Brushing Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates, especially, to brushes employed for brushing andcleaning animals-such as horses and cattleand has for its object theproduction of a device wherein many of the parts heretofore necessary inarticles of this class may be dispensed with, rendering the brush muchcheaper and more effective in operation than those heretofore employed.

The invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationof parts, substantially as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification,Figure 1 is a view in perspective of myhand-power horse-brushingmachine. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of brush with comb in position. Fig. 3is a vertical cross-section of the device, showing the relativearrangement of the brush and the comb.

The frame carrying the parts is composed of a light metal strip orplate, A, the upper ends of which are bent at nearly right angles toform journals or bearings B B for the blush-carrying spindle or axle,while the lower end is bent to form a loop, C. Between the arms whichform the loop C is placed a grooved wheel or pulley, D, having itsbearing in the said arms. To the face plates of the metal frame isconnected the small grooved rollers or pulleys a, a (0 ,1), 0, and (1.Both ends of the spindle carrying the rotating brush are also providedwith fixed grooved pulleys E. An endless cord, F, passes under thegrooved wheel D, one part of which extends upward along one arm of theloop of the frame and over the small roller (1? and under the pulley a,and from thence over the fixed grooved pulley at that end of the brushand back again under the roller a across the opening of the loop, andfrom thence under the roller I), up and over the pulley at the oppositeend of the rotating brush and back again over the roller 0, and fromthence down the rear edge of that arm of the loop to the grooved wheelI).

The machine is driven by handpower through the medium of the crank-armS, applied to the end of the spindle or axle of the grooved wheel Dupon. both sides, and so as to make the crank interchangeable for theright or left hand of the operator.

A suitable curved or bent plate, II, is riveted to the base of the loop,provided with sustaining and steadying braces, also riveted to the armof the loop 0.

Over the horizontal arms of the frame is fixed a comb, I, which coversthe cords and pulleys and projects a little distance forward or beyondthe periphery of the rotating brush to lift the hair of the animal forthe brush to act upon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

The combination, with a rotating brush suitably mounted upon a frame andoperated by a hand-wheel over intermediate pulleys by means of anendless cord, of a comb fixed to the frame, the teeth of which are alittle in advance of the periphery of the brush, as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal.

OLAUS ALEXANDERSON.

\Vitnesses:

C. W. M. SMITH, OTIS V. SAwYER.

